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Engines of creation

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Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1986 - Science - 298 pages
This brilliant work heralds the new age of nanotechnology, which will give us thorough and inexpensive control of the structure of matter.  Drexler examines the enormous implications of these developments for medicine, the economy, and the environment, and makes astounding yet well-founded projections for the future.

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Review: Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology

User Review  - 5dd - Goodreads

An introduction to one of the most brilliant, creative and exciting ideas that mankind has ever had. Really. This book offers a non-technical description of the next technological revolution. Feynman ... Read full review

Review: Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology

User Review  - John David Lionel Brooke - Goodreads

I read this lucid, clearly written book that has profoundly affected my appraisal of the advances in nano technology to the present day. A futurist that predicated in 1987 what is happeing right now ... Read full review

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PART om THE FOUNDATIONS OF FORESIGHT 1 Engines of Construction
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The Principles of Change
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Predicting and Projecting
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